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Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix by Anna-Marie McLemore
3.0

As other reviewers have noted, if you're here for the themes of The Great Gatsby, look elsewhere. When viewed transtextually (lol), this book is actually extremely pro-America (I believe by accident).

However, the prose exceeded my expectations and the author is very skilled at creating and developing characters with complex relationships. I do think the ending resolved everything rather too neatly
Spoiler(no bisexual Gatsby? Really?)
, but overall, it was a fun enough read. I might check out some of the author's other works because of it.